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Katherine Pope


Katherine Pope
  1. People

Katherine Pope

Katherine Pope

Partner


London

Katherine Pope
  1. People

Katherine Pope

Katherine Pope

Partner


London

Katherine Pope

Partner

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 3533

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Katherine advises businesses on the full spectrum of employment law and HR matters. Her practice includes handling disciplinary and grievance disputes, whistleblowing concerns, performance management, workplace reorganisations, and supporting businesses in managing employees with ill health. She has a particular focus on the financial services sector, and her work often involves a regulatory angle, including in the context of complex workplace investigations. She has extensive experience negotiating and documenting senior-level employee exits. 

Katherine is an experienced litigator and regularly represents employers in Employment Tribunal proceedings, as well as handling business protection and team move cases in the High Court. She has a particular interest in discrimination law and collective redundancy consultation, and is known for her pragmatic, strategic approach to resolving sensitive workplace issues.

She has spent time on secondment working in-house at Royal Mail and at a large financial institution, where she advised on a wide breadth of HR issues, including complex grievance and disciplinary matters, and assisted in handling collective redundancy situations.

Katherine regularly leads training sessions and hosts seminars, delivering insights on the latest developments in UK employment law to a wide range of clients.  

Civic Involvement & Honors

  • Chambers UK 2026 – Up and Coming: Employment: Employer
  • Legal 500 UK 2026 – Next Generation Partner: Employer

Professional Affiliations

The Law Society

Employment Lawyers Association

Katherine Pope has an exceptional attention to detail, combined with a strategic view. She gets to know your business as well as you do, and feels like an extension of our team. She is pragmatic and down-to-earth. She'll be thinking one step ahead of you and is proactive in her advice to help clients manage risks before they have seen them.

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